After-school patrols to fight crime

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced £3 million funding for after-school patrols in knife-crime hotspots.

Bratton blueprint for UK

Crime busting US police chief Bill Bratton has revealed the skills he says the UK’s next top cop will need to help mend Broken Britain.

West Midlands Police get knife crime red tape boost

Plans to make it easier for police to stop and search suspects are to be bought forward, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced.

Knife crime worse than thought, new figures show

Police figures released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that forces in England and Wales are on course to record a total of 38,000 serious knife crimes this year – more than 100 a day.

Fury over town hall knife act

A Council has been blasted for organising a knife throwing show.

Off-duty policeman is stabbed repeatedly for trying to stop brawl

An off-duty police officer is in hospital today after being repeatedly stabbed in the chest as he tried to break up a street fight.